Jennifer Zinck posted additional information on her blog: http://www.ancestorcentral.com/decennial-conference-on-genetic-genealogy. A major announcements mentioned on her blog was Geno 3.0 and a new SNP chip. No word on when Geno 3.0 will be offered or how much it it will cost. There was a lot of information on Roberta and Jennifer’s blog posts and I encourage people to read them. They are good at responding to questions posted to their blogs.

FTDNA announced SNP panels and the first panel offered is R-M222. Currently, FTDNA offers individual SNPs for $39. The new panels include 50 – 60 SNPs and cost about $2/SNP. While it is cheaper than purchasing the same number of SNPs individually, $100 – 120 isn’t going to appeal to many people. It is a lot easier to come up with the occasional $39 for one SNP than $100 for a panel. More questions than answers for now.